ANKARA, March 26 — Hamas on Monday welcomed a United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reported.

SINGAPORE, March 25 — Singapore's former Transport Minister S.

MOSCOW, March 25 — The United States and Japan will unveil plans for the biggest restructuring of the US military command in Japan (USFJ) in 60 years, Sputnik quoted the Financial Times report, citing five sources.

PARIS, March 25 — The French government is raising its terror alert warning to its highest level following the shootings on Moscow, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on Sunday after a meeting with senior security and defence officials with President Emmanuel Macron.

MOSCOW, March 25 — Russia lowered flags to half-mast for a day of mourning and charged four men it accused of gunning down scores of people at a concert outside Moscow on Friday night in the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades.

BEIJING, March 25 — Beijing calls on Manila to stop violations and provocations near the Second Thomas Shoal, also known as Ren'ai Reef in Mandarin, in the South China Sea, following a recent incident between a Philippine vessel and Chinese coast guards, Chinese National Defence Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said on Sunday.

ANKARA, March 25 — The EU on Sunday condemned the Israeli seizure of 800 hectares of land in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank.

MOSCOW, March 24 — As a result of the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue outside Moscow, 152 people were injured, including five children, the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Moscow Region said on Sunday.

ISTANBUL, March 24 — Papua New Guinea was hit with a magnitude 6.9 earthquake Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

BERLIN, March 24 — Japan is expected to be declared winners of a 2026 World Cup qualifier in North Korea after the ruling body FIFA said on Saturday that the match originally scheduled to take place in Pyongyang would not be played, reported dpa news.

AMMAN, March 24 — Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, demanded that Israeli occupation forces immediately lift their siege of the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city.

RAFAH, March 24 — United Nations (UN) chief Antonio Guterres, who was on a visit to the doorstep of Gaza, said on Saturday that the world has seen enough of the war’s horrors and appealed for a ceasefire to allow in more aid, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

JAKARTA, March 23 — Indonesia and Singapore have simultaneously implemented three agreements, namely the realignment of the flight information region (FIR), the defence cooperation agreement (DCA), and the extradition treaty on Thursday (March 21).

MANILA/SHANGHAI, March 23 — China's Coast Guard said it had taken control measures against Philippine vessels in disputed waters of the South China Sea today, while the Philippine Coast Guard decried the moves as "irresponsible and provocative".

JAKARTA, March 23 — More than 70 Rohingya are "presumed dead or missing" after a boat they were on capsized off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province, while 75 have been rescued.

MOSCOW, March 23 — Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire at concertgoers with automatic weapons yesterday, killing at least 60 people and injuring 145 more in an attack claimed by Islamic State militants.

LONDON, March 24 — Kate, the United Kingdom's Princess of Wales, said she is undergoing preventative chemotherapy after tests taken following major abdominal surgery in January revealed that cancer had been present.

BRUSSELS, March 22 — Increasing water scarcity can fuel conflicts around the world, the United Nations has warned.

MAPUTO, March 22 — Chabane Assuba, a Mozambican poacher, was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday after he was convicted of committing crimes against animals protected by law, Xinhua quoted Mozambique's national Radio Mozambique report.

WASHINGTON, March 22 — The US Justice Department, along with 16 other state and district attorneys general, on Thursday filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of illegally maintaining a monopoly over smartphones, reported Xinhua.